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Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male
Copyright © 2011 acbaker

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - Male
Lilburn, Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
February 27, 2011
After "grooming" (previous picture), the spider returned to his prey, excised one leg, then carried it away a short distance to inject and consume it. He looks for all the world like someone on Thanksgiving Day going back for a turkey leg to gnaw on while watching the football game!

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Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - eye arrangement - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - moving through leaf cover - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - typical resting posture - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - eye arrangement example #2 - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male Nursery Web Spider (Pisaurina mira) - feeding behavior - Pisaurina mira - male
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Contributed by acbaker on 15 March, 2011 - 9:22am
Last updated 15 March, 2011 - 6:06pm

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